CLIP STUDIO PAINT Instruction manual Ruler tool PRO/EX. Linear ruler and Curve ruler, you can use Special ruler, which includes rulers such as Perspective ruler, Symmetrical ruler and rulers that are useful for effect lines in manga, such as Parallel line and Radial line. Simple question hopefully, I use the symmetry ruler a lot, however I want to know if theres a way to center the ruler on your canvas instead of just guessing where the exact center of the canvas is? I've tried googling the solution to no avail.
I have a friend who is a grade school teacher and is always looking for creative activities for the kids in her after-school program. So every once in a while I make her a paper doll the kids can color, cut-out, and assemble. Since I did this near Halloween, I decided on a kid-friendly werewolf. And to make it, I used Clip Studio Paint.
Since this craft was intended for kids that could range from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade, I didn’t want to make the monster too scary for the little ones. I started the project by sketching out my friendly werewolf in Clip Studio Paint using a Layout Blue Pencil.
RULERS
Yes, I could freehand this sketch, but I used some of Clip Studio’s ruler tools to help me work more efficiently. I placed a Symmetry Ruler down the center of the page to quickly outline the monster using the standard G-Pen. Inking the left side automatically inks the right side. So you can draw things twice as fast.
In addition to the Symmetry Ruler, I used the Curve Ruler to trace the outline of the individual body parts. I use the Curve Ruler as a guide so my ink line is smooth and uniform, and doesn’t take long to draw. You just zip around that ruler like a car around a race track, and the brush settings takes care of the line weight.
The bonus benefit of using the Symmetry Ruler along with the Curve Ruler is that I only have to draw one of everything, and it’s duplicated (in reverse) on the opposite side of the page. Again, I’m getting a lot of this job done in half the time.
For the detail work, I turn off the rulers and just ink freehand. I prefer asymmetry for the details because it helps the illustration look more natural and hand-done.
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Once all the details (and joint markings) are drawn in, the only thing left to do is print the illustration out and deliver it to my teacher friend for her to distribute to the kids.
And here are some of the paper dolls in progress during the after-school program.
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I’ve been posting some process videos on YouTube, so if you’d like to see me work on this project at super-fast speed, here’s the video:
Symmetrical Ruler Clip Studio Paint
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